Silicate Melts with Indications of Ino Structures

E. Christiaan De Wys

International Business Machines Corporation, Kingston, New York, U.S.A.

Summary: Evidence is presented for the existence of silicon-oxygen chains up to 1000 Å. in length in melts of CaMgSi₂O₆ and of LiAISi₂O₆ at temperatures a little above the melting point.

Mineralogical Magazine; December 1960 v. 32; no. 251; p. 640-643; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1960.032.251.04
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